Abstract Nature Series: Where Realism Meets Abstraction

A tall, luminous abstraction that resolves into an autumn shoreline. The upper field burns with saffron, ember orange, and flashes of acid green, scraped and dragged so foliage becomes a vibrating veil. A ragged, golden seam just below center suggests a distant ridge or bank.

Beneath it, the painting cools: deep viridian and teal pool into a lake where vertical pulls turn into slow reflections, punctuated by brief sparks of orange and a faint glint of blue. Marks feel squeegeed and scumbled rather than brushed, giving bark-like textures and watery blur in the same breath.

The composition reads in broad bands (canopy, shore, water) while drips and soft columns keep the surface breathing. Warm and cool trade places for dominance, creating a dusk-like atmosphere where the forest still glows even as evening gathers over the water.

24" x 48"

This painting is a poetic immersion into the mystery of autumn. My intention was not to describe a forest literally, but to evoke its essence, the fleeting shimmer of leaves in transformation, the echo of wind threading through branches, the gentle descent of color into reflection.

Through layers of textured pigment, I allowed the forms to dissolve and reappear, creating a dialogue between realism and abstraction. Hints of trees, water, and sky emerge only to merge again in a chromatic symphony of ochres, violets, and deep blues. The cascading movement near the center suggests a waterfall or a veil of mist, inviting the viewer to step into an atmosphere rather than a place.

“Dreams of Forest” embodies the rhythm of nature’s metamorphosis, where decay becomes beauty, and color becomes memory. It is a meditation on impermanence — a landscape of emotion painted not with lines, but with the resonance of light itself.

40" x 60"

In “Reflections of Light,” I explore the dialogue between color, texture, and emotion. The composition suggests a landscape seen through memory: fragments of sky, water, and earth merging in a fluid dance of reflection and transformation.

Vibrant yellows and reds pulse with energy against deep blues and greens, creating a rhythm that feels alive. The abstract layering of pigment invites the viewer to experience the painting not as a scene, but as a sensation: the shimmer of light breaking through surface, the echo of nature’s eternal renewal.

Through abstraction, I sought to capture the feeling of seeing within, rather than simply observing. “Reflections of Light” is about how moments of brilliance emerge from darkness, revealing beauty in the transitions between both.

40" x 60"

In this painting, I sought to capture a moment of quiet reverence before nature that suspended stillness when light touches water and transforms it into color and reflection. The composition emerges from abstraction, allowing forms to dissolve into atmosphere. The lake, serene and luminous, becomes the heart of a dreamlike forest where greens, golds, and violets intermingle like whispers of the unseen.

Here, I explore the dialogue between mystery and clarity here suggestion becomes more powerful than definition. Each brushstroke builds texture and transparency, revealing both depth and silence. The reflections are not meant to be literal but emotional; they echo an inner landscape, a meditation on peace and transience.

“Echoes of Serenity” invites the viewer to linger and to sense the slow breathing of nature, to feel the shimmer of air, and to lose distinction between what is real and what is felt. It is a painting about the poetry of still water and the quiet power of color to evoke memory and serenity.

This work resides in a private collection.

40" x 60"

In “Dreams by the Water,” I wanted to capture that moment when light softens across still waters, and the air feels suspended between dream and reality.

The brushstrokes are gentle yet expressive, blending impressionism and abstraction to suggest more than to define. The blue mirror of the lake becomes a space of reflection.

Delicate wildflowers in the foreground act as a whisper from the earth, guiding the eye inward, toward the luminous horizon where color dissolves into calm. It is a celebration of the delicate balance between the seen and the felt, between stillness and renewal.

40" x 60"

Mystery in the Forest emerged as a meditation on depth, memory, and the unseen rhythms of nature. Through layered textures and obscured reflections, I wanted to create a surface that feels like a weathered landscape a place where light flickers through shadow, where water, earth, and silence all seem to speak at once. The palette is moody and grounded, with earthy golds, charcoal blacks, mossy greens, and hidden glimmers of blue and red, evoking the quiet pulse beneath the visible world.

There is no single point of focus — only movement, erosion, and presence. In this way, the painting becomes not a scene, but a sensation: the feeling of something ancient, still alive beneath the surface.

This work resides in a private collection.

30" x 40"

Spirit of the Lake is a painting that drifts between realism and abstraction, holding the essence of a forest in autumn as it leans toward the water’s edge. Slender tree trunks rise like silver pillars, their vertical rhythm fractured and softened by layers of paint worked in scumbles, scrapes, and veils.

The composition is built on contrasts: warmth and coolness, solidity and dissolution, clarity and mystery. The forest floor shimmers with ochre and mossy green, while the upper space burns with autumn light. The tilted trunks at the center pull the gaze inward, suggesting both movement and depth, as though inviting the viewer to step past the trees into the water’s reflection.

Atmospherically, the piece feels suspended in time. It is not a literal place, but rather the spirit of one is a memory of walking through the woods when silence is thick, and the lake breathes back the colors of the season.

30" x 40"

This painting celebrates the quiet majesty of an aspen grove, a place where light, rhythm, and silence merge into harmony. The vertical grace of the trees becomes a symphony of silver trunks and golden foliage, a natural cathedral where every line breathes balance and serenity. The soft lavender tones at the forest floor evoke both shadow and bloom, suggesting the delicate undercurrent of life that thrives beneath stillness.

My intention was to capture not just the appearance of the forest, but its spirit. Through a blend of realism and impressionistic texture, I sought to convey the poetry of repetition: how each tree stands unique yet part of an endless rhythm.

This work invites the viewer to walk quietly through its depths, to feel the air thick with light, and to listen to this forest, even silence speaks in color.

This work resides in a private collection.

40" x 60"

This painting opens like a vibrant forest symphony. The trees, rendered in textured strokes of ash, silver, and muted violet, stand like quiet sentinels while behind them the woodland breathes in a riot of hues.

The background is a tapestry of fiery reds, golden yellows, emerald greens, and deep turquoise, all blended into one another with a soft, almost dreamlike diffusion. There’s no single light source; instead, the canvas glows from within, as if the forest were lit by its own secret energy.

The use of cool tones, especially the pools of blue and teal that weave between the trunks, adds contrast and depth, making the brighter colors burn even more vividly. The tilted trees to the right break the pattern, introducing movement and guiding the gaze inward, as though toward a hidden path.

The overall effect is both realistic and abstract: a recognizable woodland scene dissolving into pure sensation, a celebration of color, rhythm, and atmosphere. It feels like standing in a forest during autumn’s peak, where light and pigment seem inseparable, and every tree is both solid presence and shimmering memory.

This work resides in a private collection.